Nation's Cities - January 9, 2012

January 9, 2012
NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY 5

Ellis Names 2012 NLC Leaders
NLC President Ted Ellis,
mayor, Bluffton, Ind., has
announced the chairs and vice
chairs for NLC’s standing com-
mittees and councils. The fol-
lowing will serve in 2012:
Vice Chairs: Mary Dorothy
(Dot) La Marche, vice mayor,
Farragut, Tenn., and Vicki
Aubrey Welch, council mem-
ber, Louisville, Ky.

Community and Economic
Development Policy and
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Neal Andrews, coun-
cilmember, Ventura, Calif.
Information Technology
and Communications Policy
and Advocacy Committee
Chair: M. Christopher
Whitley, council member, High
Point, N.C.
Vice Chairs: Frank “Tony”
Thomas, alderman, Savannah,
Ga., and Priscilla R. Tyson,
councilmember, Columbus,
Ohio
Vice Chairs: Larry Kitchens,
council member, Hurst, Texas
and Pat Miner, mayor pro tem,
Plano, Texas
NLC is now accepting applications for the
full policy and advocacy committees.

Details: Contact Martha Moss at moss@
nlc.org or Emma Lieberth at Lieberth@nlc.org
with any questions.
Energy, Environment, and
Natural Resources Policy and
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Michael A. Sesma,
council member, Gaithersburg,
Md.
Vice Chairs: Matt
Appelbaum, mayor, Boulder,
Colo., and Mary Hamann-
Roland, mayor, Apple Valley,
Minn.
Finance, Administration,
and Intergovernmental Rela-
tions Policy and Advocacy
Committee
Chair: Randy Riggs, council
member, Waco, Texas
Vice Chairs: Robert Avery,
councilman, Gadsden, Ala., and
R. Michael Kasperzak Jr., vice
mayor, Mountain View, Calif.

Human Development
Policy and Advocacy
Committee
Chair: Van R. Johnson, II,
alderman, Savannah, Ga.
Public Safety and Crime
Prevention Policy and
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Kenneth D. Massey,
council member, Farmington
Hills, Mich.
Vice Chairs: Pete Constant,
councilmember, San Jose,
Calif., and Isaac (Ike) Robinson,
Jr., commissioner, West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Transportation Infrastruc-
ture and Services Policy and
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Lee Dunlap, council
member, Plano, Texas
Vice Chairs: Ron Roberts,
mayor, Temecula, Calif., and
Patsy Kinsey, council member,
Charlotte, N.C.

First Tier Suburbs Council
Chair: Denny Doyle, mayor,
Beaverton, Ore.
Vice Chairs: David M.
Sander, vice-mayor, Rancho
Cordova, Calif., and Corey
Rushton, councilmember, West
Valley City, Utah

Large Cities Council
Chair: Dina Higgins, coun-
cilmember, Mesa, Ariz.
Vice Chair: Jan Marcason,
council member, Kansas City,
Mo.
Small Cities Council
Chair: Leon Maynor, council
member, Lumberton, N.C.
First Vice Chair: Ellen
Polimeni, mayor, Canandaigua,
N.Y.
Second Vice Chair: Stuart
Gillaspie, council member,
Burleson, Texas
University Communities
Council
Chair: Nancy Chaney,
mayor, Moscow, Idaho
Vice Chairs: Pete Haga, com-
munity government relations
officer, Grand Forks, N.D., and
Alice Rodriguez, council mem-
ber, Waco, Texas

City Futures Panel on
Community and Regional
Development
Chair: Mary McComber,
councilmember, Oak Park
Heights, Minn.
Vice Chair: Matt Appelbaum,
mayor, Boulder, Colo.
Council on Youth,
Education, and Families
Co-Chairs: Karl F. Dean,
mayor, Nashville, Tenn., and
Ronnie Steine, councilman at-
large, Nashville, Tenn.
Vice Chairs: Johnny L.
DuPree, mayor, Hattiesburg,
Miss., and Karl Nurse, council
member, St. Petersburg, Fla.
International Council
Chair: Henrietta Davis, Vice
mayor, Cambridge, Mass.
Vice Chairs: Joe Davis, Sr.,
alderman, Milwaukee, Wisc,
and Donald Rosen, deputy
mayor, Sunrise, Fla.
Leadership Training
Council
Chair: Roy Gold, mayor,
Coral Springs, Fla.
Vice Chairs: Brian D.
Beasley, commissioner, South
Miami, Fla., and Carolyn T.
Comitta, mayor, West Chester,
Pa.
Advisory Council
Chair: Debbie Quinn, coun-
cil member, Fairhope, Ala.
Vice Chairs: Gretchen
Driskell, mayor, Saline, Mich.,
and Darryl Moss, mayor,
Creedmoor, N.C.
Corporate Partner
Leadership Council
Chair: Fred Wacker, direc-
tor and chief operating officer,
The Home Depot Foundation,
Atlanta
Vice Chair: Tom Phillips,
director, government affairs
- state and local, Siemens
Corporation, Washington, D.C.

NBC-LEO Appoints City Cultural Diversity Awards Judges
The National Black Caucus of Local Elected
Officials (NBC-LEO) has announced the judges for
the 2012 City Cultural Diversity Awards.
This year, the City Cultural Diversity Awards
Program Committee will be chaired by NBC-LEO
President-Elect Ulysses Addison, councilmember,
Baton Rouge, La.
“This awards program provides a wonderful forum
each year for learning about the innovative ideas that
cities across the country are implementing to pro-
mote cultural diversity,” said Addison. “Our panel of
judges is peerless, and truly represents all the people
of America. I invite our member cities to submit their
programs and concepts to us, as in doing so, they will
be sharing with cities everywhere and contributing in a
purposeful way to the goal of achieving true diversity.”
The judges from NBC-LEO are Past President
Audwin Samuel, councilmember, Beaumont, Texas;
NBC-LEO Secretary Lavonta Williams, councilmem-
ber, Wichita, Kan.; and one of the inaugural NBC-

LEO Foundation Fellows, David Howard, council-
member, Charlotte, N.C.
Guest judges are represented from the NLC constit-
uency groups — Women in Municipal Government
(WIMG); Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
Local Officials (GLBTLO); Asian Pacific American
Municipal Officials (APAMO); and Hispanic Elected
Local Officials (HELO).
They are Mary Dorothy “Dot” LaMarche, vice-
mayor, Farragut, Tenn. (WIMG); Greg Pettis, council-
member, Cathedral City, Calif. (GLBTLO); APAMO
President Gilbert Wong, mayor, Cupertino, Calif.; and
HELO Immediate Past President Sergio Rodriguez,
alderman, New Haven, Conn.